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Tuesday 17 January 2012 – AfternoonGCSE HISTORY B (MODERN WORLD)

A971/17 Aspects of International Relations, 1919–2005, with Depth Study The USA, 1945–1975: Land of Freedom?

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• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the Answer Booklet. Please write clearly and in capital letters.

• Use black ink.• This paper is in two parts:

Part 1: Aspects of International Relations, 1919–2005 (Sections A, B and C)andPart 2: Depth Study The USA, 1945–1975: Land of Freedom?In Part 1, Aspects of International Relations, choose one of the following sections:Either Section A: The Inter-War Years, 1919–1939Or Section B: The Cold War, 1945–1975Or Section C: A New World? 1948–2005.Then answer Question 1 and one other question from the section you have chosen.In Part 2, Depth Study The USA, 1945–1975: Land of Freedom?, answer Question 4 and one other question.

• Write the numbers of the questions you have answered in the box on the front of the answer booklet.

• Read each question carefully. Make sure you know what you have to do before starting your answer.

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INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

• The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

• The total number of marks for this paper is 75.• You will be awarded marks for quality of written communication in part (c) of the following

questions: Part 1: Sections A, B and C, Questions 2 and 3; Part 2: Questions 5 and 6.• This document consists of 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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Part 1: Aspects of International Relations, 1919–2005

Section A: The Inter-War Years, 1919–1939

Some of the questions require you to use a source. In these questions, you will need to use your knowledge of the topic to interpret the source.

Answer Question 1 and EITHER Question 2 OR Question 3.

You should spend about 15 minutes on Question 1.

1 Study the source carefully and then answer the questions which follow.

SOURCE A

A British cartoon, published in 1919.

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1 (a) Study Source A.

What is the message of this cartoon? Use details of the cartoon and your knowledge to explain your answer. [7]

(b) Explain why the League of Nations was unsuccessful in dealing with the Manchurian Crisis. [8]

Choose ONE of the following two questions.

You must answer ALL parts of the question you choose.

You should spend about 35 minutes on this question.

2 (a) What did Lloyd George want to achieve at the Paris Peace Conference? [4]

(b) Explain why the ‘Big Three’ failed to get everything they wanted at the Paris Peace Conference. [6]

(c) The following were equally important reasons why Germany was dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles:

(i) war guilt and reparations;

(ii) military restrictions;

(iii) loss of territory.

How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer referring only to (i), (ii) and (iii). [10]

3 (a) What actions had Hitler taken by 1935 to destroy the Treaty of Versailles? [4]

(b) Explain why events in the Saar (1935) and the Rhineland (1936) were important to Hitler. [6]

(c) The following were equally important in causing war in 1939:

(i) Anschluss, March 1938;

(ii) the Czechoslovakian Crisis, 1938–1939;

(iii) the Nazi-Soviet Pact, August 1939.


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Section B: The Cold War, 1945–1975





SOURCE A

An American cartoon, published in 1972. The crows represent the Communist forces.

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(b) Explain why US involvement in Vietnam increased between 1954 and 1964. [8]




2 (a) What decisions about Germany were taken at Yalta and Potsdam? [4]

(b) Explain why the wartime allies disagreed about Poland in 1945. [6]

(c) The following were equally to blame for increasing Cold War tensions before 1950:

(i) Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe;

(ii) the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan;

(iii) the Berlin Blockade.


3 (a) Describe the USA’s reaction to the Cuban Revolution. [4]

(b) Explain why Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba. [6]

(c) The outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis were equally successful for:

(i) the USA;

(ii) the USSR;

(iii) Cuba.


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Section C: A New World? 1948–2005





SOURCE A

An American cartoon published in September 1968. The Russiansoldier is saying, ‘She might have invaded Russia.’

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(b) Explain why the ‘Solidarity’ movement was important. [8]




2 (a) What were the main causes of terrorism between 1969 and 2005? [4]

(b) Explain why Arafat was important to the Palestine Liberation Organisation. [6]

(c) The following have been equally effective in achieving their aims:

(i) the Provisional IRA;

(ii) the Palestine Liberation Organisation;

(iii) Al-Qaeda.


3 (a) Describe the main features of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. [4]

(b) Explain why ‘weapons of mass destruction’ were an important issue in the years before the invasion of Iraq. [6]

(c) The following were equally important problems in Iraq between 2003 and 2005:

(i) Iraqi insurgency;

(ii) human rights abuses by the multinational force;

(iii) the weakness of the Transitional Government.


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Part 2: Depth Study

The USA, 1945–1975: Land of Freedom?

Some of the questions require you to use sources. In these questions, you will need to use your knowledge of the topic to interpret and evaluate the sources.

You should spend about 70 minutes on this section.

Answer Question 4 and ONE other question.

4 Study the sources carefully and then answer the questions which follow.

SOURCE B

A cartoon published in America in 1963.

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SOURCE C

Maybe Malcolm X does have some of the answer. I don’t know how he feels now, but I know that I have often wished that he would talk less of violence, because violence is not going to solve our problem. Fiery speaking in the black ghettos, urging Negroes to arm themselves and prepare to engage in violence, as he has done, can bring nothing but grief.

Martin Luther King, speaking in the 1960s.

SOURCE D

A photograph taken in a restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi, June 1963.

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4 (a) Study Source B.

What is the message of this cartoon? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [7]

(b) Study Source C.

Are you surprised by this source? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [6]

(c) Study Source D.

Why do you think this photograph was published? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [7]



5 (a) Describe the work of the FBI and Hoover in the early 1950s. [4]

(b) Explain why the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was set up. [6]

(c) How far was McCarthy supported by the American people up to the mid 1950s? Explain your answer. [10]

6 (a) Describe the position of black Americans in 1945. [4]

(b) Explain why the 1957 Civil Rights Act was important. [6]

(c) ‘Events at Little Rock were more important than the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the struggle for civil rights in the 1950s.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]

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